2013

An overview of knowledge transmitted by masters of “designer jewellery” at the Institut de la Parure & de la Bijouterie Jeanne Toussaint/ Arts & Métiers (Brussels), MAD-Faculty Object & Jewellery (Hasselt) and the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the City of Arlon.

“Moving On crosses European borders for the first time, as their message travels 8137.3 km to Beijing, China.”

The 11 international emerging artists/designers showed their work and vision during China Creative Design Week in Beijing. Their first walking exhibition ‘8207654mm’ showed contemporary designs in portable and accessible illuminated glass containers to encourage live interaction with passers-by. This exhibition reaches the next 8137.3km with a selection of jewellery as well as moving image and photography sharing the collective’s mission to open up the debate regarding the accessibility of contemporary jewellery and objects.

In 20123 at Scoop, Royal College of Art (RCA) School of Materials presented an installation that is both cool and precise. An island of artistic tranquillity among the fashion madness.Primarily devoid of colour but with metallic highlights and the occasional primary hue, the work featured a mix of fashion and applied arts along with the odd crossover.Where does art begin and fashion end?Curated by Ian R Webb, award-winning writer and visiting professor womenswear, RCA, the installation will highlight the work of many RCA students.

2 – 13 July 2013Imperial College main entrance, London, United Kingdom

An exhibition of collaborative works combining Art and Science in new and innovative ways. Exhibiting students of Imperial, RCA, The Courtauld Institute, and St. Martin’s, on show for two weeks in Imperial College’s Main Entrance in South Kensington.

Moving Oncollective are on a quest to show the contemporary jewellery world what the public thinks of them. What better setting than Schmuck 2013; the International Contemporary Jewellery Fair in Munich, Germany. In preparation Moving On collective have asked the general public the question:“What is contemporary Jewellery?”The responses appeared all over the city to evoke discussion and debate around the accessibility and knowledge of jewellery and object culture.

Following on from the success of their event 8,207,654 mm the newly formed jewellery and object collective Moving On are continuing their mission to open up the debate around the accessibility and knowledge of contemporary jewellery and objects. By taking part in upcoming contemporary jewellery events Moving On are challenging the traditional notion that jewellery and objects should be kept in glass cabinets and shouldn’t be touched. Their unusual methods of display, using accessible containers, encourage the public to handle their work. This approach was part of their contribution to the Design Overtime event at the Design Museum.

This year is the 5th and final GSM&J exhibition in the Effe Kijken/ Let’s have a look series hosted by Galerie Marzee. The BIGGER picture project asks our students to open up questions about inner experience and exterior appearance, to explore the notion of personal universes and collective reality. We want our students to investigate these two realms of experience and the ways they interface and interact in their own life. [interior and exterior worlds]. What are the frames and frameworks we construct to navigate through, across and between these worlds [frames of mind]?

A group of jewellery students from the Royal College of Art called the Moving Oncollective staged a moving exhibition covering 8,207,654 millimetres (5.1miles) across London on Friday 25 January.They showed contemporary designs in accessible containers on their bodies to encourage live interaction with passers-by in the street, on the tubes and buses.For the 8,207,654 millimetres walk (mm being the unit of measurement the designers work in) they opened up a debate the accessibility of contemporary jewellery and so-called precious objects. The collective encouraged the public to touch their work to counteract the traditional notion that jewellery is kept isolated in glass cabinets.

Students from the programmes of the School of Materials exhibited their work in progress. For this exhibition 9 booklets where displayed which provided an insight on the research process of the projects developed during the master degree at the college. The booklets were created to highlight the research that is undertaken to develop contemporary jewellery.